Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Peep Show Appreciation
5:41PM Jess McGuire | There is a Facefuck group called “If You Don’t Like Peep Show, You’re Probably Not Worth Knowing” We suggest you join it immediately. Fans of the British comedy will no doubt enjoy reliving Jez’s clip to his stunning dance tune (”it’s the shit”) ‘Outrageous‘ More »
Vale Crazy John
5:09PM Jess McGuire | King of the cheap mobile phones ‘Crazy’ John Ilhan – not to be confused with one time white knight of boogie-boarding enthusiast Schapelle Corby, Crazy Ron – has died of a heart-attack at age 42. A constant stream of family and friends has descended on the Brighton home of 42-year-old mobile phone millionaire John Ilhan who died after a heart attack this morning while on a walking track near his home. About 20 groups went through the gates of the Seacomb Grove mansion where Mr Ilhan, owner of Crazy John’s, lived with his family, shocked at the popular entrepreneur’s death. Mr Ilhan died at Elwood Park, about 3km north of his home. Mr Ilhan was walking in the park when he collapsed close to the Elwood Croquet Club. Residents living close to the park said emergency crews were on the scene at around 7.40am. They said crews worked frantically to revive Mr Illhan. May Big Kev be waiting upstairs to greet you, Crazy John. More »When Middle Aged Rowers Get Political
4:22PM Jess McGuire | It’s really not John Howard’s week, is it? Reports smh.com.au - Prime Minister John Howard has been heckled for the second day running during his early morning walk. Mr Howard is in Adelaide today and was walking along the banks of the River Torrens when a passing rower jeered him. “Bloody arsehole,” the middle-aged man yelled at Mr Howard. Mr Howard was otherwise greeted by many well-wishers, including a rowing crew of five high school girls. Yesterday, Mr Howard was enjoying his regular early morning walk along the shore of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin when another walker shouted at him. “You’re a disgrace, John,” the man said. How the worm continues to turn… Sorry. We shouldn’t have mentioned worms, we know how sensitive our beloved Prime Minister is when it comes to them. Thanks for the heads up, Nads! More »Breathe A Sigh Of Relief – Bingle And Clarke Have Been Reunited
4:03PM Jess McGuire | If only we gave a shit, this would be heartwarming.
Sydney model Lara Bingle is still as bowled over as ever by cricketer Michael Clarke… the Cronulla babe couldn’t resist jetting over to India to be by her man’s side as he went into spin for the Twenty20 international in Mumbai at the weekend.
Contrary to reports that Bingle and Clarke would not be together until he arrived home in Australia, Bingle has spent the past week in India – reuniting with her boyfriend for the first time since photographs showing a busty female fan draped all over the sportsman emerged last month.
Please remind us why she is still on the showbiz radar? Can’t the all-conquering Jennifer Hawkins take care of this little problem for us, mafia-styles? If we must read news about attractive but not altogether interesting models in our papers, we’d rather the snippets were about Hawkins, not Alex Fevola’s sworn foe.
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Annie Lennox ‘Disturbed’ By Concert Attendee She’s Dubbed Mr “Nightmare On Elm Street”
4:03PM Jess McGuire | Poor Annie Lennox. She’s probably only just gotten over the anguish of having her teenage daughter wreak havoc upon her digs during a cheeky parent-free party in May*, and now she’s had another shock to the system in the form of a mask-donning ticket holder at a concert in Colorado. A man dressed in a black cape and wearing a gas mask approached the stage where Annie Lennox was performing at the University of Colorado Tuesday night and frightened her into retreating backstage. CU Police Sgt. Gary Arai said the man, a 32-year-old Denver resident, was escorted out of the building by security around 9:30 p.m. and the concert resumed. “A fellow who was dressed in a black cape, platform boots and a gas mask approached the stage,” Arai said. “Lennox saw him coming and threw down her microphone and went backstage.” Turning to the comfort of The Interwebs, Lennox remarked the following on her blog about the incident. Unfortunately an incident took place towards the end of the set that really shook me up. And believe me..in the 30 years I’ve been performing, I’m not that easily shaken. The security at the hall were extremely lax, and Mr “Nightmare on Elm Street “( or whatever weird thing was going on in his head) should never have been allowed to get anywhere near. Trust me…it wasn’t nice. I’m usually very patient and easy going with most kinds of behaviour in an audience…but that was really freakish and disturbing, whatever the hell it was. He owes me and my band a fucking apology. *Speaking of way back when, here are a few more Lennox/Eurythmics related titles we should have used in that post had we come up with them in time. It was left to a friend of ours to email us inspiration and shame us into realising we could have – at the very least – thrown in a reference to poo. - Feels Like I’m Walking On Broken Glass… Because I Am. - Love Is A Stranger… And So Was The Teenager Who Urinated On My Carpet.- Who’s That Girl? (Smearing My House With Poo, Oh Tell Me…) More »
